Table 4-5. Controller Commands - Sutter Instrument Lambda DG-4 Operation Manual

Twenty-two of the remaining 224 binary values are used to send commands to the Lambda
DG-4/5. These commands are listed in the table on the following page with their
corresponding Input Values and descriptions of their functions.
Command
Open Shutter
Execute Next Instance
of Previous Command
Close Shutter
Activate Turbo-
Blanking
Deactivate Turbo-
Blanking
Triggered by Strobe
Disable Strobe Trigger
Triggered by Video Sync
Disable Triggered by
Video Sync
Triggered by Video Sync
Gated by Strobe
Disable Triggered by
Video Sync Gated by
Strobe
Freeze Display
Turn Display ON

Table 4-5. Controller commands.

Value
(Decimal;
hexadecimal;
binary)
Moves the light path away from Filter 0 (where the light is
170
AA blocked) to the filter position at which the light path was
10101010
positioned prior to issuing the Close Shutter (172) command.
Dummy command that is sent in between any two instances
171
AB of the "Increment Galvo DAC value for Neutral Density"
10101011
(235) command or the "Decrement Galvo DAC value for
Neutral Density" (236) command.
Moves the light path from the current filter position to Filter
172
0, where the light is blocked. The original filter position is
AC
10101100
stored so that when the Open Shutter (170) command is
issued, the light path is moved from Filter 0 back to the
original position.
Turns Turbo-Blanking ON
186
BA
10111010
Turns Turbo-Blanking OFF.
188
BC
10111100
Selects triggered by strobe line as the ring buffer mode
202
CA
11001010
Deselects triggered by strobe line
203
CB
11001011
Selects triggered by video synch as the ring buffer mode
204
CC
11001100
Deselects triggered by video sync
205
CD
11001101
Selects triggered by video sync gated by strobe line as the
206
CE ring buffer mode
11001110
Deselects triggered by video sync gated by strobe line as the
207
CF ring buffer mode
11001111
Stops up-dating of the display in order to allow the highest
218
DA frequency of filter changes
11011010
Restores normal updating of the display (the opposite of the
219
DB Freeze Display (218) command).
11011011
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